TY - BOOK AU - Cobham,David P. TI - The making of monetary policy in the UK, 1975-2000 SN - 0471623873 (alk. paper) AV - HG939.5 .C574 2001 U1 - 332.4’6 22 PY - 2002/// CY - Chichester, New York PB - J. Wiley KW - Monetary policy KW - Great Britain N1 - Includes bibliographical references ( [199]-206) and index N2 - This is a book about the making of monetary policy in the UK, about how and why the monetary regimes changed over the period, and how and why the monetary authorities took the decisions they did about monetary growth, interest rates and the exchange rate. It includes chapters on monetary targeting; policy targeting; inflation targeting; and inflation targeting with instrument independence since 1997. It also contains a detailed analysis of the factors that influenced interest rate decisions and monetary policy with particular reference to the exchange rate and an investigation of the nature and reasons for interest rate UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley037/2002071361.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley044/2002071361.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/wiley023/2002071361.html ER -